Motor-starter.



M. W. HARTSOCK L G. STUTZMAN.

MOTOR STARTER.

APPLIGATION FILED APR.1 1910 1,049,084. Patented Dec. 31, 1912.

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M. W. HARTSOCK & G. STUTZMAN.

MoToR STARTER.

APPLICATION YILBD APR.1. 1910V 1,049,084, Patented Dec. 31, 1912.

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M. W. HARTSOGK & G. STUTZMAN.

MOTOR STARTER.

APPLIGATIUN FILED APR.1,1910.

Patented Dec. 31, 1912.

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MORGAN W. HARTSOCK, A0F SOUTH BEND, AND GUY STUTZMAN, OF MISHAWAKA.

INDIANA.

.MOTOR-STARTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 31, 1912.

Applcationifiled April 1, 1910. Serial No. 552,893.

To all whom 'it may concern.- 1

Be it known that we, MORGAN YV. HART- soCK and GUY SrU'rzMAN, citizens of the United States of America, residing at South Bend and Mishawaka, respectively, in the county of St. Josephv and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Motor-Starters, of which the following is a specification. Y

This invent-ion relates .t-o starters for 1no-A tors and particularly to one designed especially for use in coniiectio-n with motors of automobiles or like vehicles, and it has for an object to provide mechanisni'of this char-V acter comprising cooperating or'companion elementsl which may be driven by any de-l sired well known form of compressed air motor or the like and operable up'on starting of such motor to transmit the required movement to the crank shaft of the motor of the vehicle. 1 i z Another object of the'invention is to pro-A vide mechanism of the character set forth. which is operable tofautomaticallv start the motor, obviating the necessity of cranking the same by hand. the said mechanism being constructed whereby it will be automaticallyl thrown outof gear "immediately after the initial starting of tbe engine and also immediately thrown out of 'operation should the engine kick or start backward Las is common with all gasolene'engines. therebyjeliminating rupturing the elements of the mechanism and insuring such elements againstbecoming inoperative i.

A still further object of the invention is -to provide novel and effective means utilizing the power ofthemotor of the vehicle for establishingy the desired fluid pressure in the storage tank of the compressed airv m0= tor which latter is usediin connection with 'our improved motor starting mechanism.

In the drawings, forming a portion of this specification and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several viewsz-Figure 1 is atop plan view of a portion of a motor vehicle showing the motor therefor and ou'rim'proved starting mechanism and the compressed air inoto'r for s uch 'mechanisiih Fig. .2 is a. vertical section through the starting mechanism slio\v ingfthc companion cooperating elements cngaged with each other. Fig. 3 is ar similar vieu' showing the companion elements of the mechanism disengaged from each other.

the sidewalls of such casing.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the movable clutch-actuating member. zontal section taken on the line 5-'-5 of Fig. 3 looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig.

'6 is a horizontal section taken on the line 6.'-6 of Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is a horizontal section taken on the line 7-7 of Fig. 3.

The automobile illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings may be. of any approved well known construction, and as illustrated, it is provided with a gasolene lmotor l on the crank sha-ft of which is mounted a sprocket gear 2 for a purpose tobe hereinafter described. The vehicle supports asuit-able rotary air compressor 3 whose piston shaft 4 is operated through a connection 5 on the crank shaft of the motor l. It will of course be understood that we do not rely particu-l larly upon the arrangement of the just described elements as it is obvious that any suitable mechanism may be employed for operating the compressed air motor. It. may be described that the air compressor has communication with a storage tank 6 having" a suitable valved connection with an airmoto-r comprising, inl the present instance,a piston? in the cylinder 8, the said pistonbeing operatively connected with a driven shaft 9 on which is secured a sprocket gearlO. l c Y Y Our improved starting mechanism for the gasolene motor 1 of the vehicle consists of a casing 11 which able obvious manner to any preferredpart of the vehicle. This casing 1s provided at one end with companion head-plates 12 and 12S, the former being seated against the shoulder 14 of the casing and the latter seated u aiiist. the plate 12 through the provision o an annular flange 15. This flange is secured to the casing' by means of bolts or their equivalent fastening devices 16. The opposite end of the casing is formed to pro- .vide a head 17 in whichis formed a cent-ral passage 18. The plate 1Q is provided with a centralpassage 19 which is disposed ln line with a similar passage 20 in the plate 13.

.Incidenti to the peculiar construction of the plate 13 it will be seen that it is disposed iii spaced relation to the plate 12 and mounted between the said plates 12 and 13 is the cir cular flanged portion 21 of a clutch-actuating member 22 which extends longitudinally ofthe casing 11 and in spaced relation to The clutchmay be secured inV any suit- Fig. 5 is a horiyse actuating member 22 is hollow to receive the clutch member 23. This clutch member is provided at one end :'With a disk-forming port-ion 24 onwhich ismounted at diametriclutch member is formed to provide a disk 29 upon which is suitably mounted companion gripping shoes 30 which are provided with arcuate convexed; outer surfaces 31 and concaved inner surfaces 32.A The surfaces 32 are constructed whereby they may .be engaged by the rollers 25 and the slices on their pivots so as to cause their convexed surfaces 31 to be moved into frict-ional locking engagement with the circular wall 33 of a member 34. This member surrounds the clutch member 28 and it is secured thereto by a friction brake 35. A sprocket gear 36 is keyed to the member 34 and it lis geared to the sprocket gear 2 on t-he crank shaft of the gasolene motor l by a drive chain 27.

A 'stationary' bearing shaft 38 s extends through the clutch members 23 and 28, and as shown, an extensile spring 39 surrounds a portion of the said shaft and it exerts its tension against the collar 40 of the shaft and the shoulder 41 of theclutch member 23 to' hold the said member normallyin the position shown in Fig. 2of the drawings. i

The clutch actuatin :member 22 has formed therein a cam s ot 42 in which extends the roller 43 which is mounted 'to revolve on the stub shaft 44 which extends radially from the clutch member, as shown. I t will of course be understood that any desired well known means may-be employed for throwing the air compressor in or out of gear with the gasolene motor of the vehicle and it will also be understood that any desired controlling mechanism of suitable well known design can be employed for starting the air motor for the purpose of revolving the sprocket gear 10. 4

In operation of the improved starting mechanism described and shown herein,` assuming it to be the desire of thc operator to start the gasolene motor t-he compressed air motor is first operated by the air from the air compressor to impart to the lshaft -9the desired rotary movement. This movement, incident to the chain drive 37 between the sprocket. gears 10 and 26,'will impart rot-ary movement to the clutch.. member 23, and incident to the member 22 the roller 43 of the just named provision of the actuating V clutch element will be moved into engagement with the walls of the cam slot 42 so as to move the clutch element longitudinally of the casing against the `tension of the extensile'spring 39. Movement -of such clutch member will be toward the companion clutch member 28 and the rollers 25 will be moved into engagement with the shoes 30 to cause them to frictionally bind against the walls 33 of the member 34. The clutch members then rotate with each other and the desired rotary movement is imparted to t-he sprocket gear 3G. In rotation of the just named gear the desired power will be transmitted to the crank shaft of thegasolene motor and when the speed of the lnotor is greater than the speed of the clutch elements the rollers 25 will be free to disengage the shoes 30 and under tension of the eiitensileA spring 39 the cooperating clutch members will be moved relatively and into their disengaged positions. A

Upon reference to Fig. 5 of the drawings it will be seen that movementof the rollers 25 which are shown diagrammatically will move toward the concavlties or inner faces of the shoes in direction to move the shoes into frictional Contact with the walls 33. Should the gasolene motor kick as is common in motors of this character the rollers 25 will be immediately moved out of contact with .the shoes, incident to the reversed motion of the gasolene engine relative to the compressed air lnotor whereby the clutch member 23 will be caused to move out of engagement withits companion .clutch member due to the roller 43 riding 1n' the slot 42 ofthe actuating member 22, and the clutch elements will then be returned automatically to theirinitial positions. In this manner the. parts are relieved of wear and we effectively obviate rupturing the parts which would tendl otherwise to render the mechanism inoperative. The casing is formed to provide an `oil chamber 45 which may be supplied with oil in any suitable well known manner so that the movable parts forming my improved mechanism `can be thoroughly lubricated. A spring-'controlled friction brake 21 is supported by the head 13 and it o crates tobear against the flange 21 o the clutch-actuating member 22. A similar friction brake 17' is carried' bythe head 17 and it operates to bear against the art 33, as shown. The clutch member29 is'provided with a spring-controlled fric- `tion brake member 29 which bears against the bearing shaft, as,illustrated. The purposel of the herein described frictionbrake members is to hold the respective elements of the structure in positions to provide for a positive engagementof the rollers 25 with the shoes 30 as will be understood.

1. In starting mechanism for explosive engines, an engine shaft, a motor, driven clutch members connecting the motor with the engine upon starting of the motor and operable after the initial starting of the engine to disconnect the same from the motor, said clutch members being .mounted for movement relatively, movable shoes supported by one member, a co-engaging wall for the brake shoes, and means on the other clutch member operable to engage the shoes to move them into frictional engagement with the co-engaging wall.'

2. In starting mechanism for explosive engines, a rotatable clutch member, brake shoes carried by the clutch member, an engine sha-ft connected with the said clutch member, a second rotatable clutch member mounted for sliding movement toward or away from the rst named clutch member and provided with means operable to engage the shoes of the first named clutch member to move the shoes into frictional engagement with their cti-engaging walls, a motor operatively connected with the second clutch member, and means operable upon starting of the motor to move the second named clutch member into engagement with the engines,

rst named member so that power from the motor will be transmitted to the engine shaft.

3. In starting mechanism for explosive a rotatable clutch member, brake shoes carried by the clutch member, an engine shaft connected with the said clutch member, a second rotatable clutch member mounted for sliding movement toward or away from the first named clutch member and provided with means operable to engage the shoes of the first named clutch member to move the shoes into frictional engagement with their co-engaging Walls, a motor operatively connected with the second clutch member, a movable member having a cam slot, and a roller on the second clutch member operable to engage the walls of the slot to impart sliding movement to the second clutch member upon starting of the motor.

In testimony whereof we aiiix our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

lVIORGrAl\T W. HARTSOCK. GUY STUTZMAN. Witnesses:

THOMAS O. MCNEFF, RAYMOND C. HALL. 

